Ayu's Diary Entry 08/11/2009 - Countdown Live!!

[Suteisi]

I noticed this hadn't been posted yet. Since my mother tongue is french, I tried my hand at translating to english from http://ayuangel.com/

The french from France and my french is different, so I apologize if there are some mistakes, or things that aren't very clear.

Here it is:

Alone and discret...
08-11-2009 06h14

…Chon-san is doing her office work, good evening. Hmm? Or rather, good day? ? ?
It's been hours already that we’ve been watching ourselves with the screen of my computer and my TV. On top of that, my laptop in free hands, I doing briefings with members of my staff at the same time.
I feel that I suffered an attack of high waves lol **
And why all this ...?
Because ...
I am preparing for the Setlist of Countdown Live!
The God of Setlist (I'm not talking about Zin-san, am I? ***) came down on me!
And it’s starting to look pretty good! ♪
It seems that it’s already been 10 years since I started doing CDL at Yoyogi.
It's been 10 years since I have the chance to spend time from the end to the new year in our Holy Land!
Yet every year, every year, I was told the lack of seats, it's really something that warms my heart.
This year, while thinking back to all that, it's bound to be something very special because it will be the 10th anniversary! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
You can expect something really big! ♪
Oh, about today, I had something to see with Maro-chan, we were on the phone, when I remembered that Michael song he put in his blog title, I didn’t know what it was anymore, it worried me, I asked him, and he started singing loudly! lol
I thought of asking him the title of a song, but it's the whole song that came back to me lol
Okay, I must start writing the script for the show.
But, you know, today I re-watched old DVDs, I am always so impressed by Marionette. I have goosebumps.

**This I'm not sure how to translate, I've never heard of this saying in french**

*** She's playing with the words here, in japanese the kanji for god is also read "shin" or "jin". Even though Zin writes his name with a Z, they will pronounce it "Jin"

Once again, credits to http://ayuangel.com/ for the french translation.
French to English translation by me~

[MissElin_]

Ooooh jay thank you!!!
Something big she says...? Wow can it get better then PCDL really? Can't wait to see what she is up to!!

Btw, I thought your translation is good. Much better then the google ones. Here I actually can understand what Ayu is writing the whole message trough! ^__^

[JackieRos]

oooh im so happy that shes preparing for the countdown live and
she says is a good tracklist! pretty awesome

ehe she was watching her own pvs i love when artist do that
thanks

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

omg!

is this for real?? something big again!!! *0*

can't wait!! and I'm not surprised she is surprised by marionette xD I haven't watched it in a while, and god, the pv is just too good xD


thanks for this! looking forward ending another year with ayuu!! <3

[Crystal_Ageha]

Good translation.

And oooooohhhhh!! --I'm excited for this year's CDL! Can't wait to see what "big" thing she has in store! ^.^

[mcluva420]

thank you <3

[polka-dot-jewel]

Looks like we may be getting a Marionette performance at this years CDL... maybe.

Oh, goodness, her CDL's have been getting kinda bigger lately... Here's a hint about the "lack of seats" problem: Take away your catwalk. I know it's your thing, but if you want more seats, that'll solve the problem (kinda).

Thanks, Neffi!!!

[Suteisi]

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

Looks like we may be getting a Marionette performance at this years CDL... maybe.

Oh, goodness, her CDL's have been getting kinda bigger lately... Here's a hint about the "lack of seats" problem: Take away your catwalk. I know it's your thing, but if you want more seats, that'll solve the problem (kinda).

Thanks, Neffi!!!

Especially during the CDLs when she has other stages all around the stadium!! Lol

[SURREAL__RAINBOW]

^^I thought about marionette in this countdown too! xD i wouldnt mind


and omg, she should totally have a DOME COUNTDOWN LIVE

[maze]

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

Looks like we may be getting a Marionette performance at this years CDL... maybe.

hopefully *_* (ayu is so mysterious ¬¬)

yay, cannot wait for this CDL, I hope there will be many new things

[MissElin_]

Originally Posted by polka-dot-jewel

Looks like we may be getting a Marionette performance at this years CDL... maybe.

Oh, goodness, her CDL's have been getting kinda bigger lately... Here's a hint about the "lack of seats" problem: Take away your catwalk. I know it's your thing, but if you want more seats, that'll solve the problem (kinda).

Thanks, Neffi!!!

Oh no not the catwalk. I loooove that stage. And she can only do it Yoyogi, not on tour. I would love if she could keep that one!

And yes, another Marionette performance would be lovely! ^^

[LacusClyne]

maybe anyone from TA could give her the suggestion of a Dome CDL next year? that should make more fans happy.

[nemesisyume]

ohhhh ourselves
something big this year
10th anniversary for CDL

this is gonna be aawesooome

[polka-dot-jewel]

I don't think she'll do another Dome concert / tour... that's where her ear problems started. We don't want her right ear to start having problems D:

Originally Posted by MissElin_

Oh no not the catwalk. I loooove that stage. And she can only do it Yoyogi, not on tour. I would love if she could keep that one!

I love the stage, too, but she's been getting a lot of messages about how there aren't enough seats at CDL, so maybe she can take away the catwalk (and additional stages) just for CDL.

[truehappiness]

I think the different stages/catwalk makes it so she's closer than usual to the fans so they scream a lot more than usual as well. Taking those out wouldn't really free up that many seats anyway, right. Maybe at the most 50-60?

The CDLs are seeming less and less like one-shot deals as the years go by and more like a separate "tour-like" show all on their own. I wonder what the opener will be. Hopefully not Rule again like the t2m dominated shows of 2007-2008. Perhaps a ballad like PCDL?

[MissElin_]

Any opener can rock my boat actually. She opend beautifuly with HAPPY ENDING at AT05 and just as powerful with Rule for AT09. Maybe RED LINE would be a pretty cool and meaningful opener? But I dont think she is gonna go for that, but it would be kind of awesome.

[polka-dot-jewel]

I wouldn't call GREEN a ballad... I hated t2m being the opener for ALL those concerts, but I don't mind Rule. It's really an amazing song to start a concert.

I understand why she extends the catwalk and has those additional stages... I doubt she'll move away from Yoyogi for this concert to go somewhere bigger, though.

I just realized she can't use the Tokyo Dome - Johnny's uses it for their New Years concerts. lol.

[Ayumiko]

Originally Posted by Neffiline

Oh, about today, I had something to see with Maro-chan, we were on the phone, when I remembered that Michael song he put in his blog title, I didn’t know what it was anymore, it worried me, I asked him, and he started singing loudly! lol
I thought of asking him the title of a song, but it's the whole song that came back to me lol

LOL....that's funny...XD...can't wait for the cdl!!!

Originally Posted by Neffiline

But, you know, today I re-watched old DVDs, I am always so impressed by Marionette. I have goosebumps.

that's one of my all time fav concert performance!

[crea_spain]

10th anniversary CDL .... that's going to be AWESOME !!!

hopefully she will includes "kanariya" in the setlist, i'm dying to listen this song live ~ . ~

[truehappiness]

She did say before that they were coming home to Yoyogi for the CDL in an early blog entry, I think.

Having t2m open two different shows was just not a good idea. CDL07-08 -> AT08? It was like... didn't we see this already? I'm hoping it isn't Rule mostly because it's already been used at a-nation '09 and AT09.

Her past openers seem to fluctuate in terms of genre a lot...
00-01: Duty
01-02: Connected
02-03: Real me
03-04: ourselves
04-05: WHATEVER
05-06: STEP you
06-07: ourselves
07-08: talkin' 2 myself
08-09: GREEN

I kind of hope that she'll do the ballad tracks here or during the actual concert and not jam them in the MC like HEAVEN was the two times it was featured. HEAVEN got shafted from having a 50m long/20kg heavy dress! TWICE! (I like her crazy outfits most of the time, so sue me.) Or perhaps she'll pull out some super old song that hasn't been performed for a while and do that? I know I'll be awake on New Year's Eve [12/30 here?] tracking what's going on, haha.